Valere, center, does not get along with the servants. They are pictured in a scuffle. Michelle Wirth / RiverTown Multimedia5 / 6

Harpagon's daughter, Elise, stands in between her father and Valere. Harpagon was under the impression that Valere took his money. Michelle Wirth / RiverTown Multimedia6 / 6

The Hastings High School Theater Department performed Moliere's "The Miser" Nov. 10-12. The play is a five-act comedy that was first performed in 1668.

The plot revolves around love and money. The miser Harpagon wants his daughter Elise to marry a wealthy old man, but she is in love with Valere. Harpagon wants to marry a young woman named Marianne, who his son Cleante wishes to marry.

Michelle Wirth graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire in 2013 with a degree in journalism and web design. She worked as a web content editor for a trade association before coming to the Hastings Star Gazette in 2016.